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CVE-2026-84939 (GCVE-0-2026-84939)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-10 05:07 – Updated: 2026-09-10 15:58
VLAI
Title
Apache FreeMarker, Apache FreeMarker: A malformed locale may be exploitable for path traversal attacks
Summary
Path traversal vulnerability in Apache FreeMarker template loading mechanism, if the attacker can specify an arbitrary malformed locale identifier to FreeMarker, and the localized lookup configuration setting is enabled (it's by default enabled). This issue affects Apache FreeMarker from 2.2.0 through 2.3.34. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.3.35. Disabling localized lookup in previous versions also mitigates this. Note that even in versions affected by this vulnerability, the files that can be loaded remain restricted by the TemplateLoader that FreeMarker is configured to use. In particular, FileTemplateLoader prevents attempts to traverse outside the baseDir specified in its constructor. Other TemplateLoader implementations may allow access outside their designated base directory, but they are still constrained by the underlying storage mechanism—for example, a loader wrapping a Java class loader can only access resources that the class loader can load, while one wrapping a web application context can only access resources available through that context.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 15:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative path traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache FreeMarker Affected: 2.2.0 , ≤ 2.3.34 (semver)
Unaffected: 2.3.35 (semver)
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